Film lovers are in for a treat as Bragg Creek and Kananaskis Outdoor Recreation (BCKOR) is set to for the return of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival Sept. 9.
This year’s event is much anticipated after water damage in the community centre last year prevented the festival from happening.
“We’ve almost sold out every year,” said Shaun Peter, who has of the event for six years. “I think a big part of Bragg Creek is outdoors.”
Most of the short films target the outdoor scene – combining the love of outdoors and filmmaking.
“We’ve had a really good response every year – there are a lot of re-attenders,” Peter stated. “It’s interesting to see your own backyard featured in some of the films.”
Peter and his wife, Jessica, moved to Bragg Creek as a way to be more engulfed in mountain culture. He is an air traffic controller and his wife is a nurse.
This festival combines his two favourite things – movies and mountains. Peter previously helped as a volunteer to bring the Banff Film Festival to his hometown of Regina.
Many communities from the surrounding areas come out and make this a day event in various ways – like going for a hike then attending the festival.
A sponsor and attendee of the event Troy Delfs, owner of Momentum Cycling, said he loves the community aspect.
“It brings together the communities,” he said. “Similar people … similar interests.”
The money raised from a silent auction will be split between Moose Mountain Bike Trail Society and Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association – the money is used to fully support the outdoors lifestyle and to create and maintain hiking trails in Elbow Valley. In 2015 $4,457 was raised.
This fun-filled event will be packed with various genres of films that will get your adrenaline pumping – The festival will be held at the Bragg Creek Community Centre.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m.
Sidebar:
Films on tap
Doing it Scared - 12 min - Climbing / Australia
This internationally award winning short film is about rock-climbing legend Paul Pritchard, and his attempt to finally conquer the Totem Pole, a 'fearsome sea-stack' which 18 years ago almost cost Paul his life.
The Accord - 20 min - Surf / Iceland
The reality of growing up a surfer in Iceland is different from anywhere else in the world. It’s a harsh place. There are no surf shops, guidebooks or webcams. But being so far removed from the hustle and bustle of the known surf world hardens Iceland’s surfers to confront the issue they all must face: the North Atlantic wind.
Ace and the Desert Dog - 9 min - Adventure / USA
For his 60th birthday, adventure photographer Ace Kvale dreamed up a 60-day backpacking trip leaving from his back door in the Utah desert. He invited friends to join him for different segments, and one friend for the entire trip: his 10-year-old blue heeler, Genghis Khan.
WHY - 7 min - Kayak / France
Iceland. A cold, rugged and forbidding landscape where powerful rivers plunge through bedrock gorges, over massive waterfalls, toward the sea. Director Hugo Clouzeau and a crew of French kayakers travel here to ask the question, “Why?”
Not2Bad - 34 min - Bike / Canada
What’s better than one of something? Two of something. One is less than two. Therefore, logic dictates that two must be better than one. Faced with these indisputable facts, we realized that we needed to make a sequel. Anthill Films and the Trek C3 Project have joined forces yet again, this time in Spain, to bring you more shenanigans & unbelievable bicycle riding than ever before.
A Shepherd's Hand - 5 min - Trail Run / UK
Endurance running in the English Lake District, a slow game of energy and emotion, anxiety and anticipation: an unfolding physical landscape that you run through and an emotional landscape that runs through you….
